Florida Statute 679.5011 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 679
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SECURED TRANSACTIONS

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F.S. 679.5011

679.5011 Filing office.—

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest or agricultural lien is:

(a) The office of the clerk of the circuit court, if:

1. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or

2. The collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing.

(b) The Florida Secured Transaction Registry, in accordance with ss. 679.3011-679.3071, in all other cases, including cases in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing.

(2) The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including fixtures, of a transmitting utility is the Office of the Secretary of State, or the filing office authorized by s. 679.527 to accept filings for the Florida Secured Transaction Registry. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.

History.—s. 6, ch. 2001-198; s. 8, ch. 2002-242.

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In Re John's Bean Farm of Homestead, Inc.

378 B.R. 385, 64 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 454, 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 117, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 3817, 49 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 44

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | Filed: Nov 1, 2007 | Docket: 1846120

Cited 9 times | Published

is filed in the appropriate place. Fla. Stat. § 679.5011. All financing statements must be filed with

In Re Summit Staffing Polk County, Inc.

305 B.R. 347, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 74, 2003 Bankr. LEXIS 1911, 2003 WL 23273254

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Oct 15, 2003 | Docket: 1081774

Cited 6 times | Published

Florida Secured Transactions Registry. Fla. Stat. § 679.5011(1)(b). [4] The rest of this address is truncated

Sunz Insurance Company v. U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 8, 2025 | Docket: 67709060

Published

Argued: Aug 18, 2023

Florida Secured Transaction Registry. Id. § 679.5011. Federal law does not require

1944 Beach Boulevard, LLC v. Live Oak Banking Company

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 29, 2022 | Docket: 65387125

Published

statement’ with the Registry,” id. (quoting Fla. Stat. § 679.5011), and “[a] financing statement must provide three

1944 Beach Boulevard, LLC v. Live Oak Banking Company

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 10, 2021 | Docket: 61609676

Published

“financing statement” with the Registry. Id. § 679.5011. A financing statement must provide three pieces

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. Regions Bank (In Re Camtech Precision Manufacturing, Inc.)

443 B.R. 190

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | Filed: Jan 31, 2011 | Docket: 2058962

Published

Secured *195 Transaction Registry. Fla. Stat. § 679.5011(1)(b). For New York entities, such as Camtech

In Re Maison Grande Condominium Ass'n, Inc.

425 B.R. 684, 72 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 575, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 257, 63 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 872, 2010 Bankr. LEXIS 185, 52 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 197

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | Filed: Jan 13, 2010 | Docket: 2557905

Published

Florida Secured Transaction Registry. Fla. Stat. § 679.5011. In this case, there is no evidence that any